The Jaysee Echo (Rochester, Minnesota), Volume 23, Number 11

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THE JAllSEE ECHO
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ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1956
NUMBER 11
Pat Hamilton, Romayne McKnight and Roger Nelson in a scene from the "White Sheep of the
ouncil Appoints
ocial Committee
The Rochester   Junior   College
ident Council has recently ap-
inted a  new social   committee
replace the Winter Social Com-
Itee and  to  serve  for the  reminder of this school year.  The
committee was predominant-
sophomore;   the   winter   com-
ttee had  an even   balance of
phomores   and   freshmen,   and
spring committee consists pregnantly of freshmen.
The chairman is Roger Nelson,
'o was appointed by the Stunt Council. Diane Teigen, Jean
'torn, Mary Chafoulias and
wles Thoen were also appoint-
J by the Student Council. Roger
pon then was designated to
two appointments. They
Ne Jim Odland and Frank
^"gelist, making a total of sev-
I committee members. Mr. Wil-
Jto Walton is faculty advisor
r 'he group.
|The Rochester Junior College
fing Social Committee has se-
tfed Tuesday,   May  22,   1956
' the date of the Spring Ban-
'  •   At  the   committee's   next
^ng they will select tentative
'or the Spring Dance and
hg Picnic.
Dean Attends
N. Y. Convention
On March 5th through the 9th,
the American Association of Junior Colleges held its annual National Convention at the Hotel
Statler in New York City.
Dean Hill, as chairman of the
Interaction Committee, presided
over meetings preceding and following the regular convention
committee. Dean Hill was also
responsible for four discussion
groups during the convention. The
first took place Thursday afternoon, and the subject was "Important International Issues." The
other three were Friday afternoon
on "Closed Circuit TV Teaching."
Other deans attending from
Minnesota Junior Colleges were
R. I. Meland, Austin Junior College; .John ..Neumaier, ..Hibbing
Junior College; also Dr. Robert
Keller from the University of Minnesota, and Mr. Elmer Weltzin
from the State Department of
Education.
Wednesday afternoon the
group attending fhe convention
visited the United Nations Headquarters. Dr. Dwayne Orton,
editor of Think, the monthly magazine of I. B. M. in New York,
was the guest at the last sessions
of the convention. Dr. Orton is
now the educational consultant
for the I. B. M. Company.
Culture Tests
Given to Sophs
Checks Progress
Tuesday and Wednesday,
March 13 and 14, JC sophomores
were busy taking their Sophomore
Culture Tests. Rooms 317 and
402 were filled with the sophomores from 1:25 to 4:00 on these
two afternoons.
The tests were provided by the
Educational Testing Service of
Princeton, New Jersey. College
sophomores all over the nation
take these tests each year. English, current events and areas of
cultural information, such as Social Science, Science, Literature,
Mathematics, and Fine Arts are
covered in these tests.
After the tests have been
checked in New Jersey they will
come back to RJC, and then the
results can be obtained by the
students. Also at this time the
average score of the nation will
be available and RJC will be
able to recognize how it ranks
in comparison with the other colleges in the nation. Miss Goette
and Mr. Davis proct'ered the testing program.
'White Sheep of the Family1
Proves Entertaining Satire
On March 16, the Rajesters, under the direction of Miss Flora
McGhee, gave an excellent performance of the misleading comedy,
"The White Sheep of the Family." The immediate family was portrayed by Roger Nelson, Mr. Winter; Romayne McKnight, Mrs. Winter; Pat Hamilton, Pat Winter; and Al Brouillette, Peter Winter. Also
adding in this amazing performance was Jim Odland as the international broker, Sam Jackson; Chuck Hanson, as the senile vicar; Mary
Jo Devlin, as the exciting Angela; Gay Miller, as the attractive housemaid; and Paul Streiff, as the Commissioner from Scotland Yard, who
is Angela's father. Marylyn Hovren and Jerry Jones were the
prompters.
If you're sleepy at the wheel,
you're likely to hit more than
the hay.
Austin, Local
Choirs Present
Joint Concert
The choirs from Rochester and
Austin junior colleges participated in exchange choir festivals
this week.
Monday evening fhe choir from
RJC traveled to Austin for a
concert, and Tuesday the Austin
choir was in Rochester for a program.
The joint choir concert here
began at 8 p.m. in Central School
Auditorium. It was open to the
public without charge.
A group of selections was sung
by each choir, and the groups
combined at the end 6f the program.
The Rochester choir, under the
direction of Sidney Suddendorf,
opened fhe program with "O
Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us," by
Ralph Williams "The New Song,"
by F. M. Christiansen; "Deep
River," arranged by Burleigh and
"She Slippit Awa," by Kirkman-
Wansborough.
Then, the Austin group, under
the direction of Wilbur Funk,
sang the following selections:
"Last Invocation" by Walker;
"One Little Candle," arranged by
Naylor; "My Heart Is A Silent
Violin," by Fox; and "Soon—A
Will Be Done," by Dawson.
Other numbers sung by the
RJC choir were "Black Is the
Color of My True Love's Hair,"
arranged by Churchill; There
But For You Go I," by Loewe
Lamont; "Sophomoric Philosophy,"
by Dvorak, and "Deaf Old Woman," arranged by Davis.
Additional i numbers    by    the
(Continued ton page 5, col. 3)
The play was first presented
at the Piccadilliy Theatre in London, England, on October 11,
1951. It deals with a family of
high class jewel thieves who have
traditions and set standards for
their profession and do not wish
their son to enter the field. When
Peter goes into a bank and decides to go "straight," it causes
a family dilemma. The highest
point of tension comes when he
announces he is to marry the
daughter of a Scotland Yard
Commissioner. Almost unbelievably the play climaxes with a
happy ending.
For added mystery and excitement policemen were seated in
the audience.
JC Alumni
Earn Degrees
At U of Minn.
Eight former R. J. C. students
received degrees at the University of Minnesota March commencement. In the College of
Science, Literature and the Arts,
the following received bachelor
of arts degrees: William Joseph
Adamson, Thomas Nelson Horton,
Alison Beauclerk Maude, cum
laude, and John Andrew Parkhill, all of Rochester, and Kenneth George Francis of Stewartville.
The bachelor of mechanical
engineering was given to William
Worral Moore; the bachelor of
science in the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics to John David Dreher of
Rochester; the bachelor of science
in the College of Education to
Luan Margaret Goodman of
Rochester.